QA Team Leader
Location: GB, , London
Department: Engineering
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Marketing and Advertising
Function: Engineering

Company profile:
Axonix is a global mobile advertising technology company that's powered by a platform with a 4 year history of leading the market. Using technology acquired from Mobclix, the world’s first RTB-enabled mobile ad exchange, Axonix offers a fully transparent programmatic trading platform that enables publishers to sell their mobile advertising inventory in real-time to brands, agencies and ad networks globally.We serve billions of ads per month across more than 150+ countries, working with our 100+ demand partners globally to achieve industry-leading CPMs, CTRs and fill rates. With built-in fraud detection controls and data-driven targeting options, we help advertisers to secure the optimal ad inventory that will deliver the best campaign results for them.Axonix is headquartered in central London and backed by Telefonica and private equity group, Blackstone.OUR PHILOSOPHY TO HIRINGOur technology serves billions of mobile ads every month, across more than 150 countries. Our company is truly global in scale. We're growing so fast we need to hire the best people out there.People who thrive on fresh challenges. People who want to see their work make an impact, right away. People who demand a lot from themselves and others. We hire someone when we’re sure “There’s no better person for this job, and no better person we’d rather work with.”We know people are our most important asset. If you're exceptional at what you do, we want to hear from you. The next stage in your career could start today.

Job description:
The software development team is the engine that drives our ambition to build the world’s best mobile advertising platform. To grow the team, Axonix is recruiting additional QA experts who will be responsible for ensuring all our software products are of the highest quality and fully robust prior to release.To lead this critical team, we require an exceptional Quality Assurance Team Leader who will establish the rigorous processes, toolkits and methodologies required, and lead the team of QA Engineers.The QA Leader will be responsible for all pre-release testing of the Axonix platform and associated code, working closely with the Software Development Leader to select the best testing tools and strategy, as well as defining the methodology. The QA Leader must establish the continuous promotion of best QA practices, in order to release new code into production with maximum quality and robustness in terms of features and performance.We require a skilled leader who can deliver testing solutions with an optimal balance between development efforts, deployment costs and time-to-market, whilst ensuring product requirements are met. This role requires a person with fully up-to-date knowledge of the latest software coding and testing techniques, tools and languages. Like the QA Engineers, it is essential that the QA Leader has professional programing skills and is familiar with agile methodologies and BDD artifacts.As the overall lead for the QA team, this role requires an individual with exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills, able to recruit the best individuals, define priorities, establish best practice processes, take decisions and motivate a team of engineers to ensure their continued delivery against expectations. 

Requirements:
Core role objectives Recruit, lead, develop, motivate and manage the QA team.Own all QA &amp; testing processes to ensure robustness, quality and on-time delivery of Axonix code against specification.Establish all QA procedures and best practice methodologies, ensuring these evolve as technologies changeEvangelize and promote best practice software development across the development team.Hands-on QA testing. Key responsibilitiesRecruit, lead, motivate and manage the QA team to promote best practices and ensure a collaborative and efficient team culture. Provide periodic feedback to team members to ensure their commitment and personal development.Define the best strategy, methodologies and roadmap for testing aligned to the product roadmap.Test design and implementation at every level and along the whole product lifecycle.Perform peer review test plans and test cases.Perform problem solving and root cause analysis when defects occur.Evangelize and promote best test and development practices across the business.Participate in the definition of the product backlog as member of the scrum team.Collaborate with the Development and Product Management Teams to design testable and scalable products.Engage with the Product Management team to provide input into the product roadmap and specifications, supporting feature prioritization and user documentation.Elaborate product qualification summary reports. Personal qualities and experience we’re looking forMinimum requirements:Relevant test experience – Minimum 4 years of experience in quality assurance roles across different products and platforms.Background in Software Configuration Management and release engineering practices.Experience in operational support and basic system engineering.Agile software development and testingBehaviour Driven Development (BDD): 1+ years of experience in BDD and Gherkin language as the formal behaviour definition.At least 1 year of Python programming experiencePerformance tests - Experience with load and soak tests.Issue tracking tools (Jira preferred)Highly personable, with good communication skills and able to work in a highly collaborative team environmentProven flexibility and willingness to ‘roll sleeves up’ as required in the fast-paced and rapidly evolving environment of a small start upLanguages – Fluency in English essential; Spanish an advantage but not essential Extra beneficial experience:Quality Assurance Certifications (CSQE, CTFL or similar)Programming languages - Experience in Java or JavaScript is a plus.We will value hands-on experience on these technologies or tools:JMeterSeleniumAutomated mobile testing in Android or iOSLinux and shell scriptingRDBMSJenkins

Benefits:
Competitive salary according to experienceAnnual bonus schemeGenerous flexible benefits packageEquity package